How Much More Expensive is Healthy Food in Every State?

We partnered with PlushCare to uncover whether there is a significant difference in cost between healthy and unhealthy food on a state-by-state basis.

To do this, we manually gathered the prices of 20 core healthy and 20 core unhealthy using Target.com before calculating the total calories of each product. We grouped this data by state to compare the price per healthy and unhealthy calorie. Lastly, we calculated the average cost in each state to eat only healthy calories. We compared these costs to the average state salary to determine the affordability of a healthy diet. You can explore all the visualizations in this series here.